It is appalling that President-elect Barack Obama would invite California Pastor Rev. Rick Warren, an ardent supporter of Prop 8 and someone who is opposed to the equality of LGBT Americans, to give the invocation at his inauguration.
Demand President-elect Obama to immediately rescind this invitation.
(San Francisco, California, January 5, 2009) — Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Lambda Legal filed a reply brief in the California Supreme Court, the next step in the lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 8, which passed by a mere 52 percent on November 4.
See how your representatives performed this year and to learn more about EQCA’s sponsored legislation going into effect.
Hear are a few highlights from this year’s scorecard:
EQCA passed its 50th bill in ten years—truly a milestone.
67 legislators voted for all five of our bills in 2008 for a perfect score—up 6% from 2007—and continuing a solid majority of supportive legislators with a perfect score in both houses.
California’s foster youth and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people will receive new legal protections that will improve many aspects of their lives. Three bills, all sponsored by Equality California, go into effect in the new year, including a law that will help protect children in foster care from harassment and discrimination in public schools.